The Defence Ministry announced it will resume measures aimed at staffing up and rejuvenating the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) after the changes introduced last year whipped up interest in the service, both for army jobs and training. Valter Vrečar, the head of the military affairs directorate, told the press the new concept of 13-week basic …
Based on the collected data, the renowned British economic weekly The Economist finds that Slovenia is in second place among the countries that have best managed the economic crisis caused by the new coronavirus epidemic. Our country stands out in terms of household income growth and business value growth. However, all confirm that the government’s …
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President Borut Pahor awarded the Order of Merit to three medical doctors for their outstanding achievements or their institutions’ outstanding performance: to Postojna Maternity Hospital director Aleksander Merlo, head of the intensive care unit at UKC Ljubljana Marko Noč, and head of the vascular diseases department at UKC Ljubljana Aleš Blinc. By: P.T., STA
The National Council of Carinthian Slovenians (NSKS), one of the main Slovenian minority organisations in Austria, proposes establishing a standing committee of representatives from Austria, Slovenia and the Slovenian minority in Austria, following the Austrian-Italian example. The NSKS presented the proposal as it extended congratulations upon the 30th anniversary of the international recognition of Slovenia’s …
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Nicaraguan woman wanted by police for deportation order Only a few weeks in office, The Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is already involved in a tangible scandal. According to media reports, the Social Democrat has employed an illegal cleaner in her house. Police drove to Andersson’s home in Nacka, near the capital Stockholm, after the …
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“What is happening? Because of the episode of the show Utrip that I hosted, I have just received an invitation to an emergency meeting of the management team of TV Slovenia – as did the editor-in-chief of the news programme. Certain RTV journalists are demanding a suspension for me and the editor-in-chief after pressures from …
As many as 56.8 percent of the respondents said that they will certainly attend the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to the latest public opinion poll conducted by the Parsifal Agency, which measures the support for political parties for several media outlets, including Nova24TV. If the elections to the National Assembly were held this Sunday, the …
The real name for the events that happened in the years between 1941 and 1945 is the Slovenian catastrophe. This means that at that time, the Slovenian nation, as well as certain individual Slovenians, found themselves in a position which, in view of previous Slovenian history, brought our country to the brink of extinction, to …
Prime Minister Janez Janša has given an interview for the India’s newspaper The Economic Times. In the interview, conducted by journalist Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, topics such as cooperation between Slovenia – India and bilateral relations were discussed. What are the plans for expanding defence industrial partnership/collaboration between India and Slovenia? In a fiercely competitive international …
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At today’s press conference, Minister of Digital Transformation Mark Boris Andrijanič outlined the achievements and progress of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU in the field of digitalisation. The Minister described the presidency as extremely successful, especially in the field of safe online navigation. “During the presidency of the Council of the …
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Confidence in the Slovenian judiciary is falling sharply. Undoubtedly, matters such as the Balkan warriors, Novič, Patria and many other more or less high-profile cases have contributed to this. There is also a suspicion of corruption in these trials. Remember the so-called Friends in Bankruptcy affair in 2012, which resonated after media reports about allegedly …
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A number of high-profile politicians, most of them from the ruling Democratic Party (SDS), have received threatening letters, including Finance Minister Andrej Šircelj, media have reported. They received a letter in the post reading “We know where you live” and featuring a drawing of a gallows and a bullet. Some of them have already reported …
